Ahhh, so much has been going on the last few days. Where to start? First, I’m feeling better. HURRAY!!!! I can tell because 1) I don’t feel like a reject from a zombie movie quite so much anymore, 2) I can walk up my stairs again without huffing like someone who’s just run the Boston [...]
What is our family doing right now at this very moment?? Anika: Singing Johnny Cash’s “Ring of Fire” on the karaoke machine in the garage. Faith: Wandering around house with empty bowl of ice cream and a cookie (no doubt depositing drips of ice cream wherever she goes as well). Georgie: Claims he hasn’t been [...]
Tonight my wonderful children decided to put on a play. They do this occasionally, most often at Christmas time when they feel an urgent need to perform the Nutcracker every day for a month. Since they are now old enough to have figured out that this, alas, is nowhere near Christmas time, they needed a [...]
This morning after my beautiful children misplaced a library book that needed to be returned, I decreed that it was time for them to clean out their rooms. Five minutes later, Presto! it was done. I clarified that this was to be a thorough cleaning including the toy bins, under the beds, and in the [...]
With the ever-delightful friend known as morning sickness happily staying for an extended visit, I’ve spent much more time on the couch than I typically do (all day vs. no day). The children, meanwhile, have been doing massive amounts of chores that I have codified into lists for each of the older three. This has [...]
I’m not terribly domestic. I don’t mind my house being messy (until the kids are in bed and I can actually sit in one place long enough to notice the sty), hate doing laundry, and loathe cooking. Well, that’s not exactly true. I hate having company over when my house is doing its most impressive [...]
Ahhh, it’s so nice when the children start getting a little big bigger and more helpful. Take Georgie, for example. He’s eight now and delights in responsibilities like walking Kyra (age 2.5) to Sunday School before he heads up to his own class. Usually I do this myself so that I can take her potty [...]
Last summer I got on a huge bread kick, and spent a month or so trying to find a good French bread recipe that I could make from home but that would taste like proper Artisan bread. After the utter failure of six different recipes, I gave up in disgust. Well, no more! Last Tuesday [...]
KYRA AND THE VERY BAD DAY How was your day? Here’s the upshot of mine: 8:45 Drive Georgie & Trinity to school (starts at 9) 9:15 Meet Hubby at Jamba Juice to deliver the cell phone and USB drive that he left on the kitchen table this morning 10:00 School with Anika and laundry (whites) [...]
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